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A nation's road to 'digital abundance'
News As Singapore continues to set its sights on a high-tech future, ZDNet Asia looks at the investments the country has made over the past year to achieve its goals.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Local Government, grid computing, Abundance, Singapore, On-demand, Hardware, software, high-performance computing, high-performance
S'pore to invest US$833M on infocomm projects
News Government will call for 391 tenders over the next 12 months on new ICT projects, 42 percent of which will be worth at least US$365,400, says IDA chief.
Tags: Personal broadband, Business broadband, Investments, Local Government, Singapore, Government, CIO, public sector, software, financial
oneMeridian clinches S'pore SOE project
News update The consortium led by EDS International edges out three others to win the US$929-million tender for Singapore's Standard ICT Operating Environment project.
Tags: Government, SMB
French military body to install Linux cluster
News An agency of the French Ministry of Defence is planning to install a high-performance Linux cluster for technical and scientific work.
Tags: Linux, Open source
UK govt loses 600,000 personal details
News The U.K. Ministry of Defence has lost over half a million personal details of actual and potential employees, including 3,500 bank details.
Tags: Security
U.K. MoD arms itself with BlackBerrys
News U.K. Ministry of Defence is giving BlackBerrys to its staff to encourage flexible and more productive working.
Tags: IT strategy, BlackBerry
Self-destruct messages on the way
News U.K. company launches text messages that disappear after 40 seconds after being opened, and plans to roll out self-destruct e-mail, voice and picture messages next year.
Tags: Personal applications, Mobile platforms, Business applications
Security 'network' to speed up antihacker tools
News The U.K. government pumps an initial US$3.2 million and brings together academic and industry experts for the Cybersecurity Knowledge Transfer Network.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Binariang Group eyes 3rd satellite
News The Binariang Group is looking to embark upon its next satellite project following the rapid expansion of Internet services, Maxis Communications Bhd chief operating officer Alistair Grieve said today.
PGP platform tackles data breaches
News The PGP Endpoint security system is intended to transparently ensure the security of PCs, mobile devices, ports and wireless links.
Tags: Data security, Security, Authentication and encryption, PGP Corp., Mobile, Data Breach, removable storage, Password, public sector, financial
BT makes waves in IT services
News The company has won around 1,000 international networking and IT contracts in the past 15 months, and it forecasts its global services revenue will double within three years.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
S'pore: Resiliency is top IT concern
News Singapore's move toward an integrated e-government system spells extra emphasis on resiliency, says government official.
Tags: Local Government, Data security, Security Management, Business security
End to email viruses may be nigh
News The UK Ministry of Defence says it has the perfect solution to email viruses--stop them before they can spread, and one which doesn't rely on traditional virus-detection methods.
FBI supplier readies secure Linux
News A new version of the operating system has been built by TCS, which sells software to U.S. intelligence agencies.
Tags: Linux, Open source
UK police and military 'battling over spectrum'
News A new data network for the emergency services won't take off unless the Ministry of Defence starts sharing its spectrum, Motorola claims.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, Networking technology
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